Jerry Jones wants the NFL to spike it excessive celebration rule

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones believes the NFL’s excessive celebration rule results in penalties that aren’t “fair to the overall game” and suggested in an interview with reporters in Irving that the league should do away with the rule.

The excessive celebration rule became an issue in Dallas after right tackle Marc Colombo’s 15-yard penalty played a key role in Sunday’s 34-27 loss to Tennessee.

“Almost the entire time when I served on the competition committee for eight or nine years, (it) was always debated how much celebration we were going to have, and I’ve always been on the side of more celebration,” Jones said. “I think it’s fun. I think it’s fun for the fans. I do not think it takes away from the players or the sanctity of the game.”

Colombo drew the penalty when he lost his balance and fell on the ground after bumping chests with Jason Witten following Witten’s touchdown reception that tied the game at 27-27.

“Any time that you legislate a rule or legislate behavior, if you live by that, then it can have unintended consequences,” Jones said. “And I really don’t think that somebody falling down was an intended consequence of the rule to have that dramatic effect on a ballgame. I don’t think that was intended.

“But I know that every time, whether it’s the rules of the NFL or all rules, whether it’s on-the-field rules or off-the-field rules, you know when you draw bright lines — those real bright lines — that you’ve got a chance to have calls or have some decisions that just in the grand scheme of things weren’t right or weren’t fair to the overall game. That was one of them.”